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Erwin Graue Papers, 1929-1992
December 2001 The University of Idaho Library announces the availability on the World Wide Web of inventories of newly processed gifts of personal papers. Recently added is the inventory of the papers of Economics Professor Erwin Graue prepared by Erika Kuhlman. It can be found at <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/mg404.htm>. Born in Germany in 1895, Erwin Graue attended high school in Bremerhaven, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1918. After finishing his bachelor's degree in economics from Cornell University in 1923, he accepted a position as an industrial statistician in New York City, where he worked until 1925. While working in New York, he continued his studies at the New School of Social Research while collaborating with economists at the University of Chicago. Graue returned to Cornell to complete his doctorate in economics in 1928, and then began work as an assistant professor of economics in the School of Business at the University of Idaho. He married Mount Holyoke graduate Sarah Louise Baker in 1929. Dr. Graue spent a year lecturing in economics at the University of Ankara, Turkey, as a Fulbright Fellow in 1951. From 1954 to 1965, he directed the Public Utilities Executives' Course, conducted each summer at the University of Idaho. During his 37-year career at the University of Idaho, Graue received teaching honors and wrote numerous articles in several scholarly journals. Many of his students went on to hold top positions in businesses and corporations in Idaho and elsewhere. Graue specialized in economic statistics, business, and agricultural economics. Upon his retirement from the University of Idaho in 1965, Graue accepted a teaching position in Gonzaga University's economics department, where he taught until 1986. At both the University of Idaho and Gonzaga University, Graue earned a reputation as an outstanding teacher and faculty member. He continued to correspond with former students long after they left his classroom. Graue's letters to his students serving in the armed forces during World War II offered them cheer and news of the University of Idaho, to which they eagerly responded. Erwin Graue died on April 21, 1994, at the age of ninety-nine. The papers of Erwin Graue span the years 1929 to 1992, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1941 to 1945. Included in the collection are Graue's correspondence with students and colleagues, photographs, professional materials (lecture notes, articles on economics, newspaper clippings), and awards and honors. Graue's correspondence includes letters from University of Idaho graduate A.D. Davis, owner of Winn-Dixie Inc., a grocery store chain; correspondence from the U.S. Senator from Idaho Henry C. Dworshak; and other entrepreneurs and politicians.
The historical manuscripts at the University of Idaho Library are
supplemented by the 16,000 volumes of Idaho and Pacific Northwest history
in the Day-Northwest Collection, the Idaho state documents collection of
over 10,000 items, over 100,000 images in the Historical Photograph
Collection, and other records of mining, lumbering, and insurance
companies; banks, hospitals, and orphanages; personal papers of judges,
doctors, lawyers, and journalists; and the University Archives. All are
located in Special Collections and Archives which is open from Monday
through Friday, 8am to 5 pm, except university holidays. Summer hours may
vary. For more information about Special Collections at the University of
Idaho Library see <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>.
+++ Digital Memories: Heart of MidlothianOctober 2001 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is "Heart of Midlothian," which examines a steel engraving of a scene from Sir Walter Scott's famous novel of Scottish history. The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on the Big Blow-Up of 1910, the design competition for the Memorial Steps, a letter from depression-era Kooskia, and Earl Larrison and the Sir Walter Scott Collection are also available. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 4700 entries from around the world. +++ Digital Memories: Senator Borah considers the PresidencyJuly 2001 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is "Senator Borah considers the Presidency," which displays in a personal letter some of William E. Borah's thinking behind his unsuccessful bid for the 1936 Republican nomination. At the time of writing the letter, his concern over the party's direction was apparent but he had not yet decided to run. The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on the Big Blow-Up of 1910, the design competition for the Memorial Steps, a letter from depression-era Kooskia, and Earl Larrison and the Sir Walter Scott Collection are also available. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 4600 entries from around the world. +++ Gerlough Family Papers, 1900-1968
July 2001 The University of Idaho Library announces the availability on the World Wide Web of inventories of newly processed gifts of personal papers. Recently added is the inventory of the papers of Idaho Rhodes Scholar Ludwig Gerlough and Margaret Lauder Gerlough prepared by Erika Kuhlman. It can be found at <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/mg403.htm>. Margaret E. Lauder Gerlough, the only child of William C. and Emma Briggs Lauder, began her life in Colfax, Washington, on June 10, 1883 (her obituary lists her birth in 1884). The family relocated to Moscow in 1889, where William Lauder established his building supply business. Margaret Lauder attended Moscow public schools and the University of Idaho, where she earned her B.A. degree in music in 1906, and a second bachelor's degree in English the following year. She taught English and coached debate at Goldendale and Palouse, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho public schools, and at Moscow High School from 1909 to 1912. There she met her colleague and future husband, Ludwig Sherman Gerlough. Lauder and Gerlough married on October 16, 1914 in San Diego, and resided in California until 1971. Margaret Gerlough participated in the Methodist Church, the Women's Society of Christian Service, the American Association of University Women, and the California Historical Society. She enjoyed teaching, traveling, writing, and sewing. She died on June 23, 1971, shortly after the couple returned to Moscow. Ludwig Sherman Gerlough was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on January 16, 1887, the eldest of six children born to a miner and housewife. The Gerlough family relocated to Boise, where Ludwig Gerlough graduated from high school in 1905. Gerlough completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Idaho in 1909, and then taught math and history, and coached football at Moscow High School from 1909 to 1911. After proposing marriage to fellow teacher Margaret Lauder in 1911, Gerlough matriculated at Oxford University, England, as one of the first Rhodes Scholars from the state of Idaho. After Gerlough earned his second bachelor's degree at Oxford in 1914, he returned to the U.S. and married Margaret Lauder. The nuptials took place in San Diego, where the groom had secured a teaching position at San Diego High School. The couple had two children, Daniel Lauder Gerlough (1916-1977), a professor of Transportation Engineering, and Eleanor Gerlough Elmendorf (1920-), a science librarian. Ludwig Gerlough received his master's degree from Oxford in 1918. He taught at San Diego High School and Lowell High School, a college preparatory school in San Francisco, until his retirement. He participated in the Y.M.C.A., the Beta Theta Phi fraternity, and the American Historical Association. Gerlough enjoyed traveling, theater, and sports. Upon his wife's death, he moved to Minneapolis to live with his son Daniel, who preceded him in death. Ludwig Gerlough died on March 15, 1978. The Gerlough Family Papers span the years 1900 to 1968, and consist primarily of letters dating from 1911 to 1914. Also included are financial records from the same period, other papers, and photographs. The letters-many still in their envelopes-were written between Margaret Lauder and Ludwig Gerlough while Gerlough was a student at Oxford University and Lauder taught school at Moscow High School and elsewhere. The letters are about family matters; some also contain discussions of local and national politics, teaching at secondary schools in Idaho and Washington, Gerlough's work at Oxford, his extensive travels in Europe, letters of recommendation written for Lauder, and Gerlough's fraternity correspondence. Other correspondence includes letters written to Lauder and Gerlough from family members and friends. The financial records consist of Gerlough's checkbook registers from an Oxford bank and bills from various Oxford businesses, dated between 1911 and 1914. Other papers include unsigned postcards, cards, announcements, maps, newspaper clippings, and two photograph albums, primarily of Gerlough's days at Oxford, but also many photographs of family and friends.
The historical manuscripts at the University of Idaho Library are
supplemented by the 16,000 volumes of Idaho and Pacific Northwest history
in the Day-Northwest Collection, the Idaho state documents collection of
over 10,000 items, over 100,000 images in the Historical Photograph
Collection, and other records of mining, lumbering, and insurance
companies; banks, hospitals, and orphanages; personal papers of judges,
doctors, lawyers, and journalists; and the University Archives. All are
located in Special Collections and Archives which is open from Monday
through Friday, 8am to 5 pm, except university holidays. Summer hours may
vary. For more information about Special Collections at the University of
Idaho Library see <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>.
+++ Digital Memories: Nez Perces Indian War Series '77April 2001 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is the "Nez Perces Indian War Series '77," which provides information about an important resource for the study of Idaho history of which only fragments are known. The passage of time is known to obliterate or conceal much historical documentation. Occasionally, however, knowledge of items merely needs to be recontextualized or newly perceived. It is hoped that proves to be the case here. The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on the Big Blow-Up of 1910, the design competition for the Memorial Steps, a letter from depression-era Kooskia, and Earl Larrison and the Sir Walter Scott Collection are also available. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 4500 entries from around the world. +++ Digital Memories: Willis Sweet ReminiscenceJanuary 2001 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is the "Willis Sweet Reminiscence," which examines Moscow attorney Willis Sweet's role in the founding of the University of Idaho. The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on the Big Blow-Up of 1910, the design competition for the Memorial Steps, a letter from depression-era Kooskia, and Earl Larrison and the Sir Walter Scott Collection are also available. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 4300 entries from around the world. +++ |
